linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.23-rc1

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Message-ID: <46A8E78D.1040809@garzik.org>
Date:	Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:27:25 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	david@...g.hm, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] ACPI patches for 2.6.23-rc1

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2007, david@...g.hm wrote:
>> how about the fact that Linus found the problem becouse his system didn't work
>> right?
> 
> No, it works, it just forces me to use a configuration that I'm not 
> personally interested in on that particular machine.
> 
> I tend to like using minimal kernels. I don't use modules on most of my 
> machines, and I actually look over my config. Maybe I'm odd. But I think 
> it's a good thing to let people decide what they want (and what they do 
> _not_ want) in their kernels.
> 
> I think forcing people to use CPU_HOTPLUG is a mistake. There's a reason 
> that existed as a config option. The ACPI changes basically mean that the 
> whole CPU_HOTPLUG config option is totally pointless, because everybody is 
> forced to have it.

Indeed -- forced to have a feature that is applicable in reality to 
0.00000001% of the user population, I'd wager :)

I read and hone my .config to utter minimalist perfection too :)  So 
count my vote here too, for -not- wanting CPU_HOTPLUG dead code in my 
kernel.

	Jeff




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